{"product_id":"needle-lake-hardcover","title":"Needle Lake - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJustine Champine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo cousins on very different sides of teen girlhood spend a winter together that changes both of their lives forever. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A searing, unforgettable novel that captures the intense and dangerous alchemy of girlhood.\"--Chelsea Bieker, author of \u003ci\u003eMadwoman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd once, after Elna came to stay, I watched a man drown there on Christmas Eve, his body trapped beneath the ice.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFourteen-year-old Ida was born with a hole in her heart. Forbidden from most physical activities and considered strange by her teachers and peers, she prefers spending time alone, memorizing countries and capitals on her globe and imagining the world outside the tiny logging town of Mineral, Washington. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne afternoon, in walks her cousin Elna, there to stay for a few weeks. Ida hasn't seen Elna since they were children, and she's immediately drawn to her older cousin, who's everything Ida is not: confident, glamorous, charismatic, and daring. Elna lives in San Francisco, a city Ida has seen only as a dot on her globe. She doesn't treat Ida like she's a fragile kid whose heart might give out at any moment. She isn't scared off by Ida's quirks and fixations. Ida is enraptured. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen, on Christmas Eve, a man dies out in the woods near Mineral, and the two cousins suddenly share a secret beyond the scope of anything Ida has dealt with before. Fear begins to mix with the reverence Ida feels toward her cousin, especially when she discovers Elna is hiding more than she ever suspected. Brimming with lush prose and careful observation, \u003ci\u003eNeedle Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is an arresting portrait of girlhood and the overwhelming, sometimes dangerous intensity of adolescence.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJustine Champine\u003c\/b\u003e's short fiction has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Kenyon Review, Epoch, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and lives in New York City. \u003ci\u003eNeedle Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is her second novel, after her debut, \u003ci\u003eKnife River\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43156882063423,"sku":"9780593447239","price":34.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/Xk0wzL_hO_9780593447239.webp?v=1776976056","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/needle-lake-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}